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old enough to vote en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, enough, vote.
  2. (humorous, idiomatic, informal, not-comparable) Old; decrepit (said especially of an inanimate object).
    • It looks, acts and pays property tax like a new airplane, but it's old enough to vote. August 1969, Peter Garrison, Flying Magazine Volume 85, No 2
    • I'm going to have to get a new car. Mine is old enough to vote.

Relateds

big enough and ugly enough